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> Why were fireworks stored right near ammonium nitrate? Just a guess, but for filing purposes? You can imagine thought processes along the lines of deciding
by chimprich 6y ago
> Why were fireworks stored right near ammonium nitrate?
Just a guess, but for filing purposes?
You can imagine thought processes along the lines of deciding to store it in warehouse X because all the dangerous explosive stuff goes there.
You can also imagine that it would be convenient to have all the dangerous stuff in one place where it could be monitored easily and have extra security.
It would be superficially logical.
- rectang 6y agoEven if that's the case, it is rendered irrelevant by the fact that many people knew about the dangerous situation for years and it was heavily discussed over many official communiques. It's not like every time one of those conversations happened, they were resolved with "Oh, it's OK because the flammable stuff all gets filed together." If we want to learn from this tragedy, what we really need to understand is, when the dangerous situation was so well known, why was nothing done? The answer appears to be a combination of unclear spheres of accountability and lack of incentives. We accept that sometimes, commercial actors will behave in wildly antisocial ways — such as the shipping company who owned the rotting, explosive-laden MV Rhosus abandoning it in Beirut harbor. We rely on government to protect us from such dangers — but sometimes it doesn't. Why?